You would think in this day and age of modern Technology and Avionics that they could fit this A/C with a 2 man crew cockpit. This would make the A/C more marketable to western Cargo companiesand also reduce the operating cost of the A/C over its lifetime.
From recollection isn't the Tupolfe TU-204 a 2 man cockpit?.
Surely they could transfer this tecnology into an Antonofv 124.